Barbara Boxer

Democrat Barbara Boxer, a former stockbroker, was elected to the U.S. House in 1982 and to the Senate 10 years later. She is seeking her fourth Senate term.

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Timing of Sen. Ensign Resignation Raises Questions

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LAS VEGAS -- U.S. Sen. John Ensign's decision this week to resign marked a mysterious change of heart for the Nevada Republican, raising questions about what an ongoing Senate ethics probe has ...

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Congress Measure Against Wolves Seen as Precedent

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BILLINGS, Mont. -- The White House is poised to accept a budget bill that includes an unprecedented end-run around Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves in five Western states - the first ...

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Obama Reassures: Japan's Radiation Won't Reach US

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama, trying to reassure a worried nation, declared Thursday that "harmful levels" of radiation from the Japanese nuclear disaster are not expected to reach the U.S., ...

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Senators Want Safety Review of U.S. Nuclear Power Plants

By Politics Daily Staff

Democratic senators sounded the alarm Wednesday on U.S. nuclear power plants, saying safety issues must be reviewed in light of the reactor disaster unfolding in Japan. "We've got an inferno in front ...

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In Government Shutdown, President and Congress Would Still Get Paid

By Patricia Murphy

As government agencies prepare their lists of employees who would be furloughed during a possible government shutdown, one fortunate group of Washingtonians doesn't have to worry about such ...

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May 26, 2012

Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points -- Economic Messaging

Source: The Huffington Post

We're going to open with what we'll call "Constitutional Tomfoolery, Part One" (you'll note that this implies, through a technique known as "foreshadowing," that the Republicans have exhibited some sheer silliness in reference to our country's founding governmental compact more than once in the past week).

May 25, 2012

Obama taps Yucca Mtn critic to lead nuclear agency

Source: Beloit Daily News - Beloit WI

Moving quickly to stem a controversy, President Barack Obama on Thursday nominated an expert on nuclear waste to lead the federal agency that regulates the nation's nuclear power plants.

May 24, 2012

Obama taps Yucca Mtn critic to lead nuclear agency

Source: The Long Island City / Astoria Journal - Queens NY

Moving quickly to stem a controversy, President Barack Obama on Thursday nominated an expert on nuclear waste to lead the federal agency that regulates the nation's nuclear power plants.

May 24, 2012

Collins to slam Secret Service, Massie/Cotton win GOP nods in Ky., Ark., LeMieux's bare-knuckle politics, Hochul bucks Dems, Liljenquist uses Hatch's '76 playbook, Ryan at Reagan Library

Source: Politico

Sen. Susan Collins, the ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, is none too pleased with the Secret Service.

May 24, 2012

WATCHDOGS: Senate Dems' pay gap on women

Source: The Weekly Standard - Washington DC

A group of five Senate Democrats convened a news conference earlier this week to demand passage of the Paycheck Fairness Act. So WFB did a little research and discovered that the five might want to take a look at the pay gap on their own staffs.